Senior People Online; what do they do and are there many?
If you are a senior maybe you’re wondering are there really many seniors online? As a senior you might be thinking about starting a business but wondering if you will be one of just a few seniors operating online business. Senior People Online is nothing to sneeze at.
Some may snub their nose at a senior who operates an online business. But if they know they are making good money, they just might want to know exactly how they do it. Things change once someone knows you are successful.
People who do marketing are waking up to the spending power of baby boomers / seniors and wondering how best to reach them online.
They have questions like:
- What are the top online activities by generation?
- Where do email and social networking fit in during an average day?
- Why is email critical when marketing to matures?
- What percentage of users of the major social networks; Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, Google+ are over 50?
- Why a baby boomer will/won’t become your brand’s friend?
An Infographic on What Older People Do Online
If you are a marketer selling anything a senior might be interested this infographic could be an eye opener. Not only does it show US statistics but the internet as a whole. Since the internet is worldwide it could be great if such a large market were your audience.
You wouldn’t necessarily have to be selling anything to take advantage of a worldwide market. Say you only have a blog and what you write about interests people in many countries. You could easily get visitors from lots of countries.
I sometimes look at my stats on my many sites and often see a dozen or more countries where the visitors come from. Sometimes I even have more visitors from other countries than the USA where I am located.
Take a look at the infographic of Senior People Online and what they do.